Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) has declared violence against women and girls a "deep national crisis," presenting findings from its study "Bangladesh e Nari o Kanya Nirjatan Chitro-2025" at a press conference held at the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka on July 27. The survey, based on reports in 14 national dailies, found alarming levels of rape, gang rape, attempted rape, murder, suicide, sexual harassment, dowry-related violence and child marriage across all age groups.

Girl children were found to be the worst-affected by gang rape (142 cases), suicide (203 cases) and attempted rape (117 cases). Among adult women, murder was the most common crime, with 756 cases recorded, alongside 376 rapes and 125 cases of sexual harassment. Homemakers accounted for 58% of murder victims, 63% of suicide victims and 94% of dowry-violence victims, while girl students made up 80% of attempted-rape victims, 67% of suicide victims, 39% of gang-rape victims and all recorded child-marriage cases.

BMP President Dr Fauzia Moslem said women face risks of violence at every stage of life, from age six to over sixty, and noted particular alarm over rape cases involving girls aged six to nine. She stressed that victims are never to blame, criticised the practice of settling rape and murder cases through local arbitration, and called on media to highlight the structural causes of violence. The organisation urged effective enforcement of existing laws, speedy trials, greater accountability and public awareness to end impunity.